11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N1

old woman, grandma, wet nurse

Kun'yomi
  • old woman ②joker (card) ③hag
  • ばあ
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ばば 58.4%
ばあ 24.7%
16.9%

Character Breakdown

old woman, grandma, wet nurse
ばば ばあ バ (8th, N1)
waves, billows, Poland
ハ なみ わ (3rd, N2)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
pelt, skin, hide
かわ ヒ (3rd, N2)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)

Common Words

this world ②the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.) ③this corrupt world
stupa ②wooden grave tablet
old woman ghost from the Kanto region
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References

Unicode hex code 5A46
JIS X 0208 1-39-44
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1234
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1240
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2762
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3433
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1768
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2407
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 804
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 867
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 2039
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1262
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 6390
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1684
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1931
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1421
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 2116
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1902
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 430
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 812
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3e8.9
Four corner code 3440.4
De Roo Code 369